Chapter 5

Kael forgot how to breathe.

The lecture hall blurred around him, voices dissolving into an indistinct hum as every thought in his mind collided at once.

Adrian.

The name echoed over and over until nothing else seemed capable of existing.

Only yesterday, Adrian had been the impossibly handsome stranger who had smiled at him across a wooden bar counter, teased him until his guard slipped, and kissed his forehead before quietly leaving his apartment at dawn.

Now he stood behind a lectern with a room full of students hanging on his every word.

A navy blazer replaced the rolled-up sleeves…